The Muhlenberg track and field teams wrapped up the Centennial Conference Championships by winning two gold medals and two silver medals on the final day.

Both gold medals came from the men's team in one-lap events, both by considerable margins.

As he did at the indoor championships in March, junior Christopher Short won the 400 meters. He set a meet and facility record by finishing in 47.79, breaking standards that had stood for more than 20 years. Short won by 1.27 seconds and later added a bronze medal in the 200.

Freshman Kadon Harris became the Mules' first CC champion in the 400-meter hurdles since 2009, setting a school record of 54.73 to win by 1.15 seconds. Harris, who won the high jump on Saturday, is the first Muhlenberg athlete to win gold on the track and in a field event since 2005. He's also the first Mule freshman ever to win two golds at the CC outdoor meet.

Short and Harris were teammates on the 4x400 relay team, along with juniors Sultan Almosbeh and David Seel, that came in second.

Muhlenberg's other silver came from senior Shira Gamson, who came in second in the triple jump, moving up after placing fourth in 2024 and third in 2025. 

Gamson, a seventh-place finisher in the long jump the previous day, was one of several Mule field athletes who placed in multiple events during the meet:

• Sophomore Kelly Stephen placed in an event in each of the three days of the meet, adding a sixth-place showing in the shot put - with a personal-best mark - to her eighth-place finishes in the hammer and discus.

• The CC high jump champion for the fifth time in her career, senior Avery McNulty tacked on a career-best fifth-place finish in the javelin, recording her best mark on her final throw.

• A day after finishing seventh in the discus, sophomore Dami Shote came in fourth in the shot put. Sophomore CJ Mersky earned his first career point by placing eighth in the shot.

• Freshman Michael Bugler set a personal best in the triple jump in placing fourth, a spot higher than he did in the long jump.

pictured above (clockwise from left): Harris, Short, McNulty, Shote, Gamson, Short, Almosbeh, Harris, and Seel

complete results

Men's Team Scores
1. Johns Hopkins 230
2. Ursinus 132.5
3. Dickinson 132
4. Gettysburg 88
5. Haverford 78
6. MUHLENBERG 74
7. Franklin & Marshall 60
8. McDaniel 29
9. Swarthmore 28.5    

Muhlenberg Placewinners
100m: 7. Caleb Pasols, 11.18 (11.14q)
200m: 3. Christopher Short, 21.84
400m: 1. Christopher Short, 47.79 (meet record, facility record)
400m hurdles: 1. Kadon Harris, 54.73 (school record)
4x400m: 2. Kadon Harris, Sultan Almosbeh, David Seel, Christopher Short, 3:20.75
4x800m: 3. David Seel, Niklas Haraldsson, Alex Stefaniak, Raam Ravishankar, 7:54.42
High jump: 1. Kadon Harris, 6-3¼
Long jump: 5. Michael Bugler, 21-3¼
Triple jump: 4. Michael Bugler, 44-8
Discus: 7. Dami Shote, 125-0
Shot put: 4. Dami Shote, 45-5; 8. CJ Mersky, 42-10¼
Decathlon: 4. Charlie Vanecek, 4746

Women's Team Scores
1. Johns Hopkins 341
2. Ursinus 112
3. Swarthmore 80
4. Dickinson 68
5t. Franklin & Marshall 67
5t. Gettysburg 67
7. Haverford 61
8. MUHLENBERG 38
9. McDaniel 13
10. Bryn Mawr 10

Muhlenberg Placewinners
10,000m: 8. Maggie Holderith, 39:27.93
4x400m: 8. Lauren Siesky, Niki Matthews, Shira Gamson, Katie Shepard, 4:24.38
4x800m: 8. Katie Shepard, Isabelle Hoffman, Lydia Jenkins-Ford, Ella Borello, 10:23.77
High jump: 1. Avery McNulty, 5-3¾
Long jump: 7. Shira Gamson, 16-7; 8. Niki Matthews, 16-6½
Triple jump: 2. Shira Gamson, 35-6¾
Discus: 4. Caitlyn D'Addieco, 132-5; 8. Kelly Stephen, 125-7
Hammer: 8. Kelly Stephen, 136-0
Javelin: 5. Avery McNulty, 106-10
Shot put: 6. Kelly Stephen, 38-5½